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		Who Are The Saliheen And What Is Musaalaha?Posted by A Hasan on March 28, 2021 at 1:54 pmWhat is musaalaha in its essence. A translation I have seen takes it to men righteous. Is this accurate? Dr. Irfan Shahzad replied 4 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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            Who Are The Saliheen And What Is Musaalaha?
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A HasanContributor March 28, 2021 at 1:58 pmTechnically صالح is from the فاعل family and this means it is transitive. صلح refers to making a treaty so can we say someone who is صالح is one who makes peace and is kind to others? Al-Munafiqun – 63:10 Arabic وَأَنفِقُواْ مِن مَّا رَزَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوۡلَآ أَخَّرۡتَنِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ As we can see in this ayah it could be implies that صلح is related to charity so would be making peace and making compromise of debts as lanes lexicon says: 
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A HasanContributor March 29, 2021 at 9:14 amPlease ignore the Arabic grammar as I made a mistake and just answer what to be a salih person means 
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Dr. Irfan ShahzadScholar March 31, 2021 at 6:43 amMeaning of word are what the people of that language takes it, we need not to bother about its roots to determine a meaning. lexicology tells just the origin and history of the word, but its meaning is determined by its usage. Salih is a well known word to tell righteous. 
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